Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods · Ohio

161 - Akron, Oh

Akron, OH · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

161 - Akron, Oh runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods workplace, earning a grade D.

161 - Akron, Oh: 2.8 TCR = 126% of Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

161 - Akron, Oh safety composite

161 - Akron, Oh scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−5.5

2023→2024

161 - Akron, Oh injury rate improved

161 - Akron, Oh's TCR fell 5.5 from 5.5 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Akron, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/48
  • PHOTO Carbon Valley Servic…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carbon Valley Service Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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161 - Akron, Oh in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 161 - Akron, Oh averages 2.8 TCR (126% of the Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

161 - Akron, Oh TCR series: 2023=5.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where 161 - Akron, Oh falls in its industry

1,190 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 48 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable employers in Ohio.

161 - Akron, Oh (20 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 161 - Akron, Oh
161 - Akron, Oh (20 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

161 - Akron, Oh has fewer employees than the Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · OH · Akron

1,190 Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Carbon Valley Service Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dunbar 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regional Zone Richmond, VA 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flagg, Inc Fairfield 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nature Pure Farm 1 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foundry Sand Service LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carroll County Energy LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : NTE Middletown 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR 146 Alton 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 237 Water Tower 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Algad - Gadsden Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR KD Supply 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sands Plumbing, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westside Hulling Association 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Over the Top Roofing LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concept Steel Inc. 20 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.